Early Bird

 For the next few days I'm really going to enjoy being a morning person! 
I got so much done when I started at 4:30 a.m.!

Every cup we owned, including the goblets and giant clear mugs were in the sink when we got home yesterday. Chris cleaned up some last night, but not that many cups fit in the dishwasher when you don't unload the clean dishes first.  (Eyes rolling way, way back.)

By 10:00 a.m. I had three loads of laundry washed and put away, worked out with weights and took a walk, dishes unloaded and loaded and unloaded again and even IRONED! Listened to several inspiring podcasts, paid the bills, made some phone calls, freshened up the mantle and counter decorations and ordered more comforters for Pagosa. (Will it ever end?)

By the way, the bugs weren't bed bugs in Pagosa!
They're swallow bugs, which look nearly identical to bed bugs and which make a lot more sense because of all the swallows making nests in every eave. 

The good news is if they go home with you, they won't procreate 

and infest because they can't without their host (the swallow). 
The bad news is it looks like this may be a regular issue. 
The exterminator is going to put up netting to deter their nest making next summer. 
We'll see how well it works. 

Finding a temporary home for these oils from Aix-en-Provence on the mantle until I can have them framed.